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Torcs, Age Old Iron, Sever do Vouga, Aveiro

2015 Replicas and Reproductions

Gilded silver reproduction of one gold torcs, coming from 5th-6th cs. BC, from the Archaic Jewellery Collection of the National Archaeological Museum (Inv. Au-40), in Lisbon. This work was carried out without touching the original artefact through the use of 3D scanning technology and CAD/CAM software, before proceeding with the goldsmith handwork, after the lost wax casting being made.

Acknowledgements Municipality of Sever do Vouga (Aveiro) ~ National Museum of Archaeology ~ António Lago, Jewellery ~ Carlos Nunes, Carving ~ Marco Sousa, Digitization, Modelling and Printing (3D) 

Detail of the original gold torcs puncture (MNA, Au40).
Detail of the gilded silver torcs puncture reproduction, from a gold original (MNA, Au40).
Chiselled detail of the original gold torcs (MNA, Au40).
Chiselled detail of the gilded silver torcs reproduction, from a gold original (MNA, Au40).
Original torcs in gold (MNA, Au40).
Gilded silver torcs reproduction, from a gold original (MNA, Au40).